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by throwaway23236 1377 days ago
While I agree with where humans should be putting their minds to solving cancer and the energy problems facing us currently.

The problem of "unlimited energy generator" of the sun is that on the ground it is intermitted based on day/night and clouds, meaning we would have to create a surplus of energy during the day and store it for later use. We have been working on batteries, but there has been promise at using air or water "batteries" as well via compressed air or Pumped Storage Hydropower (PSH).

I would highly recommend reading both Bill Gates's How to Avoid a Climate Disaster and Vaclav Smil's How the World Really Works, both of which have really shown what needs to happen to solve both our climate and energy problems going forward.

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I read the Great Reset by Klaus Schwab. I felt so repulsed by it and will do everything in my power to push back on that non-sense.

I want human race to flourish and tackle problems, not regress back to the caves.

Completely agree there, I want to see humanity take the leap and become a type 1 and then a type 2 civilization.

It is mind blowing to me that the first diesel engine installed on a ship was 1903 and where we are 122 years later already touching space. I can hardly wait to see what the next 50+ years bring. It will be hard and I am sure we will have some growing pains, but going back is never an option.